The James Logan Courier

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ASB Elections are going on now. Voting at eduballot.votenet.com/JLHS through Friday lunch. Freshmen through Juniors only. Results will be announced on Friday afternoon.

Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77 daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Need Drivers Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Two summer offerings, each Mon. – Wed., 7 a.m. – 5 p.m., June 21, 22, 23 or August 2, 3, 4. Applications are now available in your house office or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.

By Brandie Moore, Courier Books Editor

I once believed that life was a gift. I thought whatever I wanted I would someday possess. Is that greed, or only youth? Is it hope or stupidity? As far as I was concerned the future was a book I could write to suit myself, chapter after chapter of good fortune. All was right with the world, and my place in it was assured, or so I thought then. I had no idea that all stories unfold like white flowers, petal by petal, each in its own time and season dependent on circumstance and fate. The future is something no one can foretell.

Green Angel is a short novel that Alice Hoffman, Alice Hoffman, bestselling author of The Story Sisters, The Third Angel, Property Of, Green Witch, The Foretelling and other works. wrote a few years ago. It's more of a starter book for smaller kids but the story is just an amazing one. Even the illustrations in this book are beautiful.

By Krystyna Wolny, Courier Staff Writer

The Average American Male by Chad Kultgen might possibly be one of the most interesting takes on stereotypical males’ minds I’ve ever stumbled upon.

The book starts out seeming like it has no plot or story line, and it’s just the main character talking nonstop about his girlfriends butt and checking out other girls.

But the story begins to unfold when his girlfriend suggests the idea of marriage with him, and gets the wrong idea and somehow assumes he proposes to her. Not wanting to break her heart or start unnecessary drama, he sticks with the engagement, but suddenly realizes he can’t stay with her.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer


The Board of Education on Tuesday night received an update on safety at James Logan High School.

Principal Amy McNamara reported a 35 percent drop in expulsions this year, from 47 at this point in the 2008-09 school year to 30 in 2009-10, and a 22 percent drop in suspensions, from 417 to 325. Referrals also are down significantly, she reported.

The improvement has been particularly noteworthy among 9th-graders, she said, attributing it in part to the “freshmen families” system that enables most 9th graders to have the same classmates and teachers for most classes. Having “adults who care about them and talk about them on a regular basis” has created “connections,” Ms. McNamara said, and resulted in more and earlier interventions.

From wikipedia:
Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (May 5, 1865 — June 12, 1953) was a prominent clergyman, author, and father of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

A. Clayton Powell was born in Franklin County, Virginia to Anthony and Sallie (Dunning) Powell. Published sources list him as the child of Sally Dunning, an African-Cherokee slave woman, and Llewellyn Powell, a white slave owner of German descent.

Read Glory Days: Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., by Judith Newman, free from scholastic.com.